Books are the mirrors of the soul. Virginia Woolf More Quotes by Virginia Woolf More Quotes From Virginia Woolf The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark. Virginia Woolf illuminationmiracledark I feel my brains, like a pear, to see if it's ripe; it will be exquisite by September. Virginia Woolf pearsseptemberbrain I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of one’s own, with pictures and music and everything beautiful. Virginia Woolf delighthealingbeautiful Night had come—night that she loved of all times, night in which the reflections in the dark pool of the mind shine more clearly than by day. Virginia Woolf reflectiondarknight The artist after all is a solitary being. Virginia Woolf solitaryartist The older one grows, the more one likes indecency. Virginia Woolf womentimelife Love, the poet said, is woman's whole existence. Virginia Woolf womenpoetlove They came to her, naturally, since she was a woman, all day long with this and that; one wanting this, another that; the children were growing up; she often felt she was nothing but a sponge sopped full of human emotions. Virginia Woolf growing-uplongchildren When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even a very remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of a lost novelist, a suppressed poet. . . indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman. Virginia Woolf wisemotherwriting All extremes of feeling are allied to madness. Virginia Woolf extremesmadnessfeelings Beauty was not everything. Beauty had this penalty — it came too readily, came too completely. It stilled life — froze it. Virginia Woolf penalties Come indoors then, and open the books on your library shelves. For you have a library and a good one. A working library, a living library; a library where nothing is chained down and nothing is locked up; a library where the songs of the singers rise naturally from the lives of the livers. Virginia Woolf librarysongbook I want to write a novel about Silence," he said; “the things people don’t say. Virginia Woolf silencewritingpeople Am I too fast, too facile? I do not know. I do not know myself sometimes, or how to measure and name and count out the grains that make me what I am. Virginia Woolf grainnamessometimes Never pretend that the things you haven't got are not worth having. Virginia Woolf havens Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? Virginia Woolf feminismwomeninteresting As a woman, I have no country Virginia Woolf country Well, we must wait for the future to show. Virginia Woolf showswaitingpatience All extremes are dangerous. Virginia Woolf extremesmoderationdangerous To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves. Virginia Woolf self-controlfreedommotivational
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